Brick



.n To all whom t opneemt:

Patented Dec. 1 9, 1922.l

' UNrrElfv STATES.

PATENT omer,

i JosErH RGAN, or" nocxvILLE, bommomrcu'r.

Application mea August si, 1920. 'j seriai no'. `407,101.

Be it known that I, J osEPH REGAN, a citi.- zen of the United States, residing at Rock-L ville, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bricks, of Iwhich the fol.

lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bricks for the construction of the walls of buildings andthe like, and the prime object of the invention is to enable the accurate spacing ofthe bricks as they are placed in the wall without re uiring 'the skill of a. trained brick layer. n carrying out my invention I lemploy,

spacing ribs, and it is an object of the invention toso dispose the ribs that no por.-

manner. The spacing ribs are of course uniform in all of their dimensions in order that accurate spacing o f the bric-ks may be accomplished by unskilled labo-r. t

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of p-arts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it of course being understood that changes in the form', proportion, size vand minor details may be made, Within the scope of the claims, without departing Jfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. I

The gure of the drawing is Van inverted perspective view of a building brick embodying the features of the present inven@ tion. 1

The brick 1 may be formed of any suitable material and is in the form of a; paral` lelepiped having six faces of the usual or of any preferred dimensions. On the bottom face of the brick I provide a plurality of ribs 2 extending longitudinally of the brick and terminating short of opposite ends there- 0f, 'each end of each rib being beveled asindicated at 3, Each rib is rectangular in cross section and the several ribs are uniform in every particular, the depth of each rib` being equal to the spacing desired between adjacent bricks, One .end of the bric-k is provided with a plurality of spacing ribs 4-having beveled ends 5 terminating short of the top and bottom faces of the brick, said ribsexte'nding along the vertical dimension'of the endof 1the brick.

In using a brick of the present invention A in ther construction of a wall, a suitable 'amount .of mortar is put in place in the usual way and then the brick 1sl placed downwardly uponthe -Inotor and tamped with a trowel or otherwise forced downwardly until the ribs 2 engage with the top' surface' of the underlying brick or foundation o-n which the mortar has been placed .whereby the newly placed brick will be accurately spaced without requiringthe skill of a trained expert. By locating the ribs upon the bottom of the brick, the top of the brick is smooth andunobstructed and affords a flat surface against which the trowel may be struck in tamping o'r 'forcing the brick into place. The ribs 4 o-n the end of the brick of course accurately space the end of thevbrck from the adjacent end of the last laid brick -in the same course. Inasmuch as I emp-ley spacing means on one end only of the brick,

the tamping of the brick on its opposite end l i may be accomplished in the usual manner. Byplaci'ng the spacing ribs on the bottom and on one end only of the brick, the ribs l 'are not struck by the trowel when tamping the brickin place, and consequently damage to the ribs when laying the brick` is not liable to occur. When the brick has thus' been `set in place, all of the ribs will be embedded in the mortar thereby serving to prof vide an extremely strongbond betwee'nthe' brick and the mortar andeffectuallypreventing Ilateral accidental displacement of the brick before the mortar hardens, and also anchors the brick in place in the hardened mortar. In as much as the ribs are located inwardl from the front and rear up'- right faces oy the brick, said ribs are concealed bythe mortar and the wall has the appearance of having been built in the usual way by skilled brick layers.

When a brick of the present invention is laid withfone end at the outer face" of the -A wall, the ends of the` ribs 2 are concealeolbyl the mortar, and of course it is the plain end,

intol the If it should be 'desired to `dispense with i the ribs, they can'be readily broken off by the use of a trowel, so that the brick can be conveniently converted into an ordinary brick Without materially marring the appearance of the brick.

Each of the ribs is provided with a broad outer bearing face so as to give a substan- I tial bearing against the adjacent brick, and

also to give each rib sulicient bulk to prevent chipping and breakingthereof during transportation and handling.

By having each `of the ribs 2 continuous,

the brick may be broken transversely for use where a short portion of brick is desired,

and as said ribs 2 are continuous, the portion oi' the brick to be used will have continuous I rib portions 2 and therefore' the brick portion may be placed accurately upon the next below brick.

What I claim is:

LSA building brick of rectangular form having six flatl faces, the 'bottom face being provided with a plurality of substantially parallel ribs extending longitudinally of the I brick, terminating short of opposite ends thereof and extending equally at -opposite sides of the transverse middleof the brick.

2. A building brick of rectangular form having six flat faces', the bottom face being 

